The Arrow Thread

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Great news!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I remember when Arrow used to release cult films.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I remember when Arrow used to release cult films.

Me too, they rarely release anything I'm bothered about these days

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

Me too, they rarely release anything I'm bothered about these days

Seems to be just mainstream stuff nowadays.

The last one i bought was Django Prepare a Coffin. That was in January.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Seems to be just mainstream stuff nowadays.

The last one i bought was Django Prepare a Coffin. That was in January.

Last new release I got was TCM 2, before that it was Knightriders, there's a couple of recent releases I'm after, but the majority I'm not interested in at all.
Hopefully we'll see some more Price/Corman/Poe films and more Bava next year once they've got De Palma out of their system that is

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

Last new release I got was TCM 2, before that it was Knightriders, there's a couple of recent releases I'm after, but the majority I'm not interested in at all.
Hopefully we'll see some more Price/Corman/Poe films and more Bava next year once they've got De Palma out of their system that is

You could always guarantee a few titles brand new to the shiny disc format. That scenario is long gone.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I remember when Arrow used to release cult films.

That's an interesting point but I guess, since they have moved into the Blu-ray market, the materials available for small and less well-known 'cult' films aren't as readily available as those for more well-known movies, which are also going to sell much better and appeal to a wide audience.

That said, films like Deranged, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Lifeforce and Squirm aren't exactly titles that Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers, MGM etc would be clamouring to release. Withnail and I, The 'Burbs and Invasion of the Body Snatchers show how diverse Arrow have become.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

That said, films like Deranged, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Lifeforce and Squirm aren't exactly titles that Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers, MGM etc would be clamouring to release. Withnail and I, The 'Burbs and Invasion of the Body Snatchers show how diverse Arrow have become.

They are all MGM films though. The beauty of Arrow was that their diversity was in the many original cult films they released.

Where are all the Superbitch, Island of Death, Midnight type of releases?

Any of the films you listed above could also have quite easily been released by the major companies you also listed.

I just think its a shame that's all.

[fuzzymctiger]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

They are all MGM films though. The beauty of Arrow was that their diversity was in the many original cult films they released.

Where are all the Superbitch, Island of Death, Midnight type of releases?

Any of the films you listed above could also have quite easily been released by the major companies you also listed.

I just think its a shame that's all.

Sadly none of those 3 particularly interest me and were 3 of the truly lesser announcements in my eyes.

Midnight was a absolute crock of shit too, would rather not see any more of that coming onto the label.

In my eyes the diversity now is in seeing serious movies like Blow Out come out on the regular label, and seeing more Asian releases like Lady Snowblood and Curse of the Blind Woman

[Hawkmonger]

Arrow are releasing Withnail and I?